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Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Italy was the host country of the 2006 Winter Olympics and was represented by 184 athletes.

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Medals

  Gold Silver Bronze Total
  
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Gold

Bronze

Top 10 Finishes

4th place

5th place

6th place

7th place

8th place

9th place

10th place

Host

Italy is hosting the Winter Olympics for the second time. The 1956 Winter Olympics were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Cortina d'Ampezzo had also been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics which were cancelled due to World War II.

Flag bearer

Italy's flag bearer for the opening ceremony was figure skater Carolina Kostner. Kostner's cousin, Isolde Kostner, was Italy's flag bearer at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Athlete's Oath

Italian skiier Giorgio Rocca delivered the Olympic Oath at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.

Athletes by sport

Men's downhill
  • Patrick Staudacher
Final - 1:50.29 (9th place)
  • Kurt Sulzenbacher
    • Final - 1:50.84 (18th place)
  • Peter Fill
    • Final - 1:50.88 (19th place)
  • Kristian Ghedina
    • Final - 1:50.98 (23rd place)
    Team

    • Men: Sergio Bonaldi, Christian De Lorenzi, Paolo Longo, Wilfried Pallhuber, Rene Vuillermoz
    • Women: Barbara Ertl, Katya Haller, Michela Ponza, Nathalie Santer, Saskia Santer

    • Men: Fabio Alvera, Marco Mariani, Antonio Menardi, Joel Therry Retornaz, Gian Paolo Zandegiacomo
    • Women: Eleonora Alvera, Violetta Caldart, Diana Gaspari, Giulia Lacedelli, Rosa Pompanin

    • Men: Walter Bormolini, Claudio Bosia, Simone Galli, Mattia Pegorari
    • Women: Mariangela Parravicini, Deborah Scanzio
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    Ladies

    Mens

    Ice Dance

    Date Opponent Score Result
    February 15 Canada 8-2 L

    • Women: Michela Angeloni, Evelyn Bazzanella, Valentina Bettarini, Celeste Bissardella, Heidi Caldart, Silvia Carignano, Diana Da Rugna, Anna De La Forest, Nadia De Nardin, Linda De Rocco, Rebecca Fiorese, Sabina Florian, Luana Frasnelli, Manuela Friz, Waltraud Kaser, Maria Michaela Leitner, Debra Montanari, Katharina Sparer, Silvia Toffano, Sabrina Viel
    Date Opponent Score Result
    February 11 Canada 16-0 L

    Men's Singles
    Run 1 - 51.718
    Run 2 - 51.414
    Run 3 - 51.430
    Run 4 - 51.526
    Final - 3:26.088 (Gold medal)
  • Reinhold Rainer
    • Run 1 - 51.926
    Run 2 - 51.696
    Run 3 - 51.647
    Run 4 - 51.733
    Final - 3:27.002 (8th place)
  • Wilfried Huber
    • Run 1 - 52.095
    Run 2 - 51.748
    Run 3 - 51.848
    Run 4 - 51.984
    Final - 3:27.675 (10th place)
    Men's doubles
    Run 1 - 47.236
    Run 2 - 47.694
    Final - 1:34.930 (Bronze medal)
  • Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber
    • Run 1 - 47.620
    Run 2 - 47.336
    Final - 1:34.956 (5th place)
    Women's singles
    • Sarah Podorieszach
    Run 1 - 47.858
    Run 2 - 47.647
    Run 3 - 47.519
    Run 4 - 47.850
    Final - 3:10.874 (11th place)
  • Anastasia Antonova Oberstolz
    • Run 1 - Did not finish

    Individual Gundersen 15 km
    Name 1st Round Final Round Jump Total 15 km Final Rank
    Guiseppe Michielli 106.5 113.0 219.5 39:13.5
    (2:20.9 behind)     		14th place
    Jochen Strobl 98.0 92.5 190.5 39:54.3
    (4:57.7 behind)     		34th place
    Daniele Munari 98.0 98.5 196.5 40:42.3
    (5:21.7 behind)     		39th place
    Alessandro Pittin 85.0 76.5 161.5 42:06.2
    (9:05.6 behind)     		46th place

    Large Hill Sprint
    Name LH Jump Sprint 7.5 km Final Rank
    Guiseppe Michielli 104.7 points 18:08.0 (+1:03.0 behind) 16th place
    Jochen Strobl 96.0 points 18:10.8 (+1:40.8 behind) 30th place
    Daniele Munari 89.2 points 18:37.1 (+2:34.1 behind) 38th place
    Davide Bresadola 102.0 points 20:08.3 (+3:14.3 behind) 44th place

    Team Event
    Name 1st Round Final Round Jump Total 4x5 km Final Rank
    Davide Bresadola 111.4 Did not start
    Jochen Strobl 88.5 Did not start
    Daniele Munari 89.8 Did not start
    Giuseppe Michielli 104.2 Did not start
    Team Total 393.9 Did not start

    Men's 500 m
    • Nicola Rodigari
    Qualifying Heats - 0:42.819 (Heat 6; 3rd place)
    Quarterfinals - 0:43.701 (Quarterfinal 2; 2nd place)
    Semifinals - 0:42.131 (Semifinal 2; 4th place)
    Finals - 0:42.398 (7th place)
  • Roberto Serra
    • Qualifying Heats - 0:43.120 (Heat 7; 2nd place)
    Quarterfinals - 0:42.773 (Quarterfinal 3; 3rd place - did not advance)
    Men's 1000 m
    • Nicola Rodigari
    Qualifying Heats - 1:27.184 (Heat 1; 2nd place)
    Quarterfinals - 1:27.240 (Quarterfinal 1; 3rd place) (did not advance)
  • Fabio Carta
    • Qualifying Heats - 1:27.826 (Heat 6; 2nd place)
    Quarterfinals - 1:27.656 (Quarterfinal 4; 3rd place) (did not advance)
    Men's 1500 m
    • Fabio Carta
    Qualifying Heats - 2:27.799 (Heat 3; 3rd place)
    Semifinals - 2:19.724 QB (Semifinal 3; 3rd place)
    Finals - 2:24.658 (7th place)
  • Nicola Rodigari
    • Qualifying Heats - 2:29.885 (Heat 4; 2nd place)
    Semifinals - 2:18.615 (Semifinal 2; 6th place) (did not advance)
    Men's 5000 m Relay
    • Fabio Carta, Yuri Confortola, Nicola Franceschina, Nicola Rodigari
    Semifinals - 7:07.358 (Semifinal 2, 3rd place)
    Finals - 6:48.597 (4th place)
    Women's 500 m
    Qualifying Heats - 0:45.217 (Heat 1; 2nd place)
    Quarterfinals - 0:44.438 (Quarterfinal 3; 2nd place)
    Semifinals - 0:45.204 (Semifinal 2; 4th place)
    Finals - 0:46.899 (5th place)
  • Arianna Fontana
    • Qualifying Heats - 0:45.398 (Heat 7; 2nd place)
    Quarterfinals - 0:44.948 (Quarterfinal 1; 3rd place) (did not advance)
    Women's 1000 m
    Qualifying Heats - 1:32.033 (Heat 5, 2nd place)
    Quarterfinals - 1:33.401 (Quarterfinal 3, 1st place)
    Semifinals - 1:33.228 (Semifinal 2, 4th place)
    Finals - 1:34.269 (6th place)
  • Marta Capurso
    • Qualifying Heats - Disqualified (Did not advance)
    Women's 1500 m
    Qualifying Heats - 2:31.053 (Heat 5; 2nd place)
    Semifinals - 2:27.291 (Semifinal 3; 4th place)QB
    Finals - 2:30.054 (9th place)
  • Katia Zini
    • Qualifying Heats - 2:41.561 (Heat 1; 3rd place)
    Semifinals - 2:23.141 (Semifinal 2; 4th place)QB
    Finals - 2:30.164 (10th place)
    Women's 3000 m Relay
    Semifinals - 4:19.797 (Semifinal 2, 2nd place)
    Final - 4:30.030 (Bronze medal)
    Team

    Men's Skeleton
    Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final Rank
    Maurizio Oioli 59.28 59.24 01:58.52 12th place

    Women's Skeleton
    Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final Rank
    Costanza Zanoletti 01:00.99 01:01.18 02:02.17 5th place

    Men's Large Hill Individual Jump
        Final Round Jumps  
    Name Qualification 1st Round Final Round Total Final Rank
    Sebastian Colloredo 94.1 points 90.2 points - - 36th place
    Alessio Bolognani 74.9 points 70.7 points - - 44th place
    Andrea Morassi 45.7 points - - - -

    Men's Normal Hill Individual Jump
        Final Round Jumps  
    Name Qualification 1st Round Final Round Total Final Rank
    Sebastian Colloredo 118.00 points 113.50 points 113.00 points 226.50 points 27th place
    Andrea Morassi 107.50 points 108.50 points - - 36th place
    Alessio Bolognani 100.50 points - - - -

    Men's Large Hill Team Jump
    Name 1st Round Final Round Total Final Rank
    Andrea Morassi 80.10 points -
    Sebastian Colloredo 105.30 points -
    Alessio Bolognani 70.70 points -
    Davide Bresadola 72.30 points -
    Totals 328.40 points - - 11th place

    Giant Slalom

    Men's Parallel Giant Slalom

    Women's Parallel Giant Slalom

    Halfpipe

    Men’s Halfpipe

    In Men’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. Shaun White from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. Andy Finch of the United States had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place.

    Women’s Halfpipe

    In Women’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.

    Snowboard Cross

    Men's Snowboard Cross

    Women's Snowboard Cross

    Men's 500 m

    Men's 1000 m

    Men's 1500 m

    Men's 5000 m

    Men's 10000 m

    Men's Team Pursuit

    Women's 500 m

    Women's 1000 m

    Women's 1500 m

    Women's 3000 m

    Nations at the 2006 Winter Olympics
    Albania | Algeria | Andorra | Argentina | Armenia | Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Belarus | Belgium | Bermuda | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Brazil | Bulgaria | Canada | Chile | China | Costa Rica | Croatia | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Denmark | Estonia | Ethiopia | Finland | FYR Macedonia | France | Georgia | Germany | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Greece | Hong Kong, China | Hungary | Iceland | India | Iran IR | Ireland | Israel | Italy | Japan | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Korea DPR | Korea Republic | Kyrgyzstan | Latvia | Lebanon | Liechtenstein | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Madagascar | Moldova | Monaco | Mongolia | Nepal | Netherlands | New Zealand | Norway | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Russia | San Marino | Senegal | Serbia and Montenegro | Slovakia | Slovenia | South Africa | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | Tajikistan | Chinese Taipei | Thailand | Turkey | Ukraine | United States | U.S. Virgin Islands | Uzbekistan | Venezuela | Non-competing nations

     

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